This is an analysis of the poem While The Bannock Bakes that begins with:

Light up your pipe again, old chum, and sit awhile with me;
I've got to watch the bannock bake -- how restful is the air!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dadaefef XbXbdcdc gbgbhihi cdcdgaga bdbdejkj cacakjkj kjkjlala fdfdcjcj djdjkmkm afcfijijXdcdclala
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110111110101 11010101110001 11011101110101 11110101110101 011101011111001 01000101110101 01111111110001 11100110110001 01010101101101 01010111110001 11010101010111 1100111001110101 1101000000010111 11011101111101 11110111001100 01001101111101 11011101111101000 11111101110001 11010101110011 11000111110111 001010101010001 0010001000101001 0011101010110101 11110111111000 110111011101101 11011101110101 11010111010111 11010111010101 01010101110001 01011100110101 10110101010101 01110111010101 11001111110101 11110101010101 11001111010101 11010101011101 11011111011101 11010111110111 11010101110111 1110001001110111 1111000000110111 11010101111101 110111011111101 11010111010101 11011101111101 11011100110111 11110111110101 11111111111111 11111111010101 11010111011101 11010101110101 11100101110011 11110011110101 11010100010101 110100001110101 01111101110011 01010101010111 01010101110101 110010101011101 11110101111101 11011111011011 010110111111101 01111111110101 01010101010101 11111011110101 011011000111100 10010111011001 11110101110111 110101001010101 01010001010001 01110101110101 01010101010101 11101101110011 11011100110111 11001110111101 111101100010101 11011111010111 01011111110101 01110101010101 11110101110101 110101110101001 11010101111001 01010101011101 111100001110101 11111100111101 11111101110111 11111101111101 11010101110101 110100101011110 01010101010101 011000100110111 01011101110111 01111101011101 11011101011100 11110111110101 1101010101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 452
  • Average number of words per stanza: 84
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, it's, i, that, in, it, you, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, it's, i, and, a are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of While The Bannock Bakes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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